Sectional boat



Aug. 24,1926.

O. S. WADE SECTINAL BOAT Filed July 31 gmwnkm Guam.,

Patented Aug. 24, 192s.

UNITED STATES 'orro s WADE, or vAnrAnAIso, INDIANA.

sncTIoNAn BOAT.

Application led .Tuly'31, 1924. `Serial No. 729,294.

My invention relates to improvements in sectional boats and it consists .more especially of the features hereinafter pointed out in the annexed claims.

The purpose of my invention is toI provide a sectional boat that may be easily transported Von the running board of an automobile; that unites three or more separate units which in and of themselves are safely tloatable; that provides positive means for assembling the sections to each other to hold them rigidly against all the stresses that a boat of this type may be subjected to in practice; that makes it possible to nest the three sections within each other While the boat is vbeing transported; and that also provides an air tank in each section combined with a seat in each case.

With these and other ends in/view I illustrate in the accompanying drawings such instances of adaptation as will disclosev the broad underlying princi le of my invention without limiting myselfp scribed herein.

Figure 1 is a sideeelevation of a sectional Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section len-gthwise of the boat across a pair of adjacent bulkheads.

Fig 4 is an enlarged sectional plan view of side flanges in their relation to a pair of assembled bulkheads.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic plan view showing the three sections and the' removable seat nested together.

In practically carrying out my invention I may form my boat sections of any desired material but nd that sheet metal lends itself more readily to the construction of the different sections. The boat may be composed of a mid-section 1, a bow section 2,

and a stern section 3. The bow section may .be provided with a seat 5 under which an air tank 6 is placed. The mid-section 'may have a removable seat 7, suspended by hooks 9 which may be detachably secured to the sides of the boat in any desired manner. An air tank 8 is located beneath and is attached tothe seat '7.` A seat 10 may be placed at the rear of the stern section 3 next to the. rudder 4 and an air tank 11 is located beneath this seat. The seats 5 and 10 may be built permanently into their respective sections.

to the specific de-fv tails of construction shown thereon and de-` The front section 2 has a rear bulkhead 12 joined to the sides 24 and tothe lloor 25. The mid-.section has a front bulkhead 13 and a rear bulkhead 14 which are joined to the sides 26 and the floor 27. The rear section 3 has a front bulkhead 15'that is joined to the sides 28 and the floor 29.

The mid-section telescopes into the front 'section and the rear section telescopes into the mid-section. gether by means of vertical bolts 22 and horizontal bolts 23. These bolts pass between the ditl'erent bulkheads as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The vertical ones pass through exterior bottom flanges 18, interior bottom flanges 19, interior top flanges 17 and exterior top flanges 16. The horizontal bolts 23 extend from side to side of the boat passing through exterior flanges 20 and interior flanges 21.

With this arrangement of parts it will be seen that where thefastening bolts pass through the different flanges the openings for the bolts need not be closed water-tight because each of the sections are loatable independently of each other. In fact the bolt holes through the bottom anges may be purposely left slight-ly larger than the bolt so as to drain out any water that may accumulate between the bulkheads after the boat is removed from the water. It is not necessary either that the interior flanges 17, 19,' and' 21 be continuous for, vI have shown in Fig. 2 at bulkheads 12 and 13 that such ilanges may be substituted by ears which will constitute a 'practical substitute.

The sectional boat built after my plan is very portable and being made of sheet metal is very light. The usual oar lock openings may be formed dat the extremity of a pair Boats of this type can be shipped in knock` down shape vthus reducing transportation charges by reason of the small space that a complete boat with its fastening bolts, seat and pair'of oars would occupy. lThe work of assembling the sections is extremely simple because of the relation of the interior and exterior flanges which make it impossible to assemble the parts other than in a correct manner. It will be apparent from the description that my sectional boat is an extremely practical device which if carried on automobile or other trips will add much tol the enjoyment of a vacation period. In de? signing my boat I have selected such alengtljI vof hooks 9 or in any other desired manner.

ning board.

What I claim is: 1. In sectional boats, a pluralityof floatable sections comprising a rear bulkhead for relation,

the bow section, fore and aft bulkhead for the mid section, a forward bulkhead on the rear section, each forward bulkhead having a continuous projection of its sides top and bottom of approximately uniform width constituting a flange, and each rearward bulkhead having a narrow projection along its top and wider projections on its sides and bottom also constituting a flange, and means for attachably and detachably holding the sections assembled with the forward projections telescoped into the rearward projections.

2. In sectional boats, a plurality of independently floating sections comprising a bow a mid and a stern section, means for assembling the sections end to end in telescopic means comprising cooperative flanges projecting from adjacent ends of the sections for holding them assembled, and means for nesting the bow section in the stern section andrboth in the mid section when disconnected from each other. l

3. In sectional boats, a oatable bow section, a rear bulkhead therefor, a floatable stern section, a front bulkhead therefor, a floatable mid-section, front and aft bulkheads therefor cooperating flanges from the bulk-heads, and means for assembling the sections with the respective bulkhead flanges adjacent each other in telescopic relation.

4. In sectional boats, a floatable bow section comprising a bottom sides and a rear bulkhead joined to each other, a ioatable mid-section comprising sides bottom and end bulkheads joined to each other, a floatable lstern section comprising sides bottom stern and bulkheads joined to each other, projecting interior and exterior flanges formed on the top, sides and bottom of adjacent bulkheads, and means for securing the vflanges to each other in an attachable and detachable manner.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

OTTO S. WADE. 

